The IPO was one of the biggest in technology and Internet history, with a peak market capitalization of over $104 billion.
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11 Facts About Facebook IPO
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Facebook IPO reportedly turned down a $75 million offer from Viacom in 2006.
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Facebook IPO did accept investments from companies, and these investments suggested fluctuating valuations for the firm.
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Facebook IPO filed for an initial public offering on February 1,2012 by filing their S1 document with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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Facebook IPO brought inevitable comparisons with other technology company offerings.
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The Facebook IPO ended up raising $16 billion, making it the third largest in US history.
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CBS News said "the Facebook IPO brand takes a pretty big hit for this, " mostly because of the public interest that had surrounded the offering.
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Facebook IPO has considered moving its listing to a competing exchange.
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In June 2012, Facebook IPO asked for all the lawsuits to be consolidated into one, because of overlap in their content.
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Facebook's IPO is under investigation and has been compared to pump and dump schemes.
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Facebook IPO employees had been finding private buyers to unload their shares as early as 2007, and when SharesPost launched in 2009, early employees started exiting en masse.
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